Kwashiorkor (/ˌkwɒʃiˈɔːrkɔːr, -kər/ KWOSH-ee-OR-kor, -kər, is also KWASH-) is a form of severe protein malnutrition characterized by edema and an enlarged...
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prior to age 1, whereas kwashiorkor occurrence increases after 18 months. It can be distinguished from kwashiorkor in that kwashiorkor is protein deficiency...
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degrees. Types include: Kwashiorkor (protein malnutrition predominant) Marasmus (deficiency in calorie intake) Marasmic kwashiorkor (marked protein deficiency...
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Blunt kidney trauma Peritonitis Menstruation Ruminal tympany Bloating Kwashiorkor Dorland's (2012). Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (32nd ed.)...
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cause of undernutrition. Two forms of PEM are kwashiorkor and marasmus; both commonly coexist. Kwashiorkor is primarily caused by inadequate protein intake...
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with hypoalbuminemia make fluid status control especially difficult. Kwashiorkor is a disease of malnutrition characterized by decreased protein intake...
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variety of ailments including Intellectual disability and kwashiorkor. Symptoms of kwashiorkor include apathy, diarrhea, inactivity, failure to grow, flaky...
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Christopher McCandless - possibly a protein poisoning victim Dukan Diet Kwashiorkor – Disease resulting from sufficient caloric intake with very low protein...
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stomach represents a form of malnutrition called kwashiorkor. The exact pathogenesis of kwashiorkor is not clear, as initially it was thought to relate...
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protein-energy malnutrition, which can manifest as marasmus or kwashiorkor. Kwashiorkor was once attributed to pure protein deficiency in individuals who...
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lymphedema, lipedema, and myxedema. Edema caused by malnutrition defines kwashiorkor, an acute form of childhood protein-energy malnutrition characterized...
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PEM can appear as conditions called marasmus, kwashiorkor, and an intermediate state of marasmus-kwashiorkor. Although malnutrition can have severe and lasting...
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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura Coeliac disease Aplastic anaemia Lupus Kwashiorkor or Marasmus – Childhood protein-energy malnutrition Erythroblastosis...
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scientific and medical contributions. Amongst these include the discovery of kwashiorkor, the pioneer of treatments for pediatric sickle cell anemia and the invention...
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protein intake in the diet. An example of nutritional hypoproteinemia is Kwashiorkor, a type of protein energy malnutrition affecting young children. Malabsorption...
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bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis) Kidney stones Kwashiorkor Lactose intolerance Obstructed bowel Ovarian cancer Polycystic liver...
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United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Retrieved 25 May 2020. "Kwashiorkor (Protein-Calorie Malnutrition)". Tropical Medicine Central Resource....
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deficiency Hypervitaminosis A Hypovitaminosis A (phrynoderma) Iron deficiency Kwashiorkor Lycopenemia Maple syrup urine disease Marasmus Niacin deficiency (pellagra...
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and later a successful novelist, observed that the main problem was kwashiorkor, a protein deficiency. Prior to the civil war, the main source of dietary...
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skin gives rise to a "crazy pavement dermatosis" pattern seen in Kwashiorkor or Kwashiorkor-Marasmus complex. In occupational asthma, the denudation of the...
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characterised by severe wasting and often fatal weakening of the immune system. Kwashiorkor, a form of calorie and protein deficiency, is a more serious type of...
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Jamaican physician, most notable for her discovery and research into kwashiorkor, a condition of advanced malnutrition, and her campaign against the use...
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child malnutrition syndrome, kwashiorkor, by Cicely Williams. She was the first to recognise and conduct research on kwashiorkor and differentiate it from...
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liver, heart and endocrine glands in the mouth. Protein malnutrition Kwashiorkor Marasmus Calcium Osteoporosis Rickets Tetany Iodine deficiency Goiter...
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Budd–Chiari syndrome or veno-occlusive disease Constrictive pericarditis Kwashiorkor (childhood protein-energy malnutrition) Causes of low SAAG ("exudate")...
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Blasio Vincent Ndale Esau Oriedo (section Kwashiorkor)
interdisciplinary and interagency crisis-management team to deal with a kwashiorkor crisis—a disease with high mortality-rates among infants and children...
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Kenneth E. Magnus. Kwashiorkor, discovered by Cicely Williams. She was the first to recognize and conduct research on kwashiorkor and differentiate it...
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hair may turn red or blonde. The condition, part of a syndrome known as kwashiorkor, is a sign of critical starvation caused chiefly by protein deficiency...
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flights to Biafra each night. With the support of Sebastio, children with Kwashiorkor were flown to the island for medical treatment. Relief flights landed...
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enough niacin Diagnostic method Based on symptoms Differential diagnosis Kwashiorkor, pemphigus, photodermatitis, porphyria Prevention Consuming Niacin Treatment...
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